June 7, 2008
— It appears that this cormorant flying over the Hopkinton Reservoir Dam
on Saturday has a fish in its gullet, the only food the bird eats.
Cormorants, a diving bird, can often be identified because they hold
their water-logged wings out to dry in the sun before they take off in
flight. When taking off from the water, they appear to run across the
surface, because their wings are usually wet, making flight difficult.

The British
Are Coming (Again)

June 7, 2008
— Left, Phillip Brewster from itv Central, a British television network,
has a light conversation with Eric Sonnett, who was Chairman of the
Board of Selectmen when Rachel and Lillian Entwistle were found dead in
their home on Cubs Path on Hopkinton. Mr. Brewster interviewed Mr.
Sonnett at his home regarding that tragedy.

Delicate

June 7, 2008
— This Lady Slipper on a Peppercorn Hill Trail is so named because they
appear as a pair of hanging ballet slippers. This one appears to have
trapped a bug.

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Taking
it Home

June 7, 2008
— Eight year-old Riley Anne Myers gets instruction from Hopkinton Police
Officer, School Resource Officer Philip Powers as she approaches home
plate during the Hopkinton Police Vs. Special Olympics annual softball
game at New England Laborer's Training Center on Saturday on the
sweltering, sun-drenched ball field.

"Oh, right. Colella's is open
on Sundays!

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All Winners

June 7, 2008
— School Resource Officer Philip Powers, left, and Sgt. Charles Wallace
award a trophy to Jack Hemmalgarn, 14, at the Police vs. Special
Olympics softball game on Saturday.

Oops!

June 7, 2008
— This vehicle somehow missed its driveway this afternoon on Clinton
Street.

Congratulations Class of 2008

HHS 2008
Graduation

June 6, 2008
— Above are a few clips of the Friday evening graduation ceremony of
Hopkinton High School Class of 2008.

The Beginning
of a Journey...

...and
the End of Another

Above,
graduating senior Jeff Ward chats with friends before the ceremony.
Below, Math teacher Mr. Thomas Moroney awaits beside his peers for the
processional of his students. Mr. Moroney attended his last graduation
as a teacher on Friday evening. He is retiring.

Hopkinton, MA,
resident Stephanie Morey, and her six year old son, Ben, will be
kayaking together this June 21st in honor of women all over
Massachusetts, who have suffered from the horrific disease of breast
cancer. Stephanie is a wonderful citizen who wants to bring her family
together to do something truly helpful for our state. The Massachusetts
Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is more than grateful to see Stephanie
participate this year, and bring with her a generation who will
hopefully not have to face breast cancer the way our generation does.

Cheryl Osimo, Outreach Coordinator for MBCC says, “We are honored that
Stephanie has decided to participate this year. Her hard work and
benevolence have contributed unparalleled amounts. I love that she is
making this wonderful cause into a family affair.”

Stephanie Morey of Hopkinton, MA, responds, “I wanted to do something
with my son that would cause him to look outside of himself. I also want
him to experience a great day outdoors with me, for such a wonderful
cause, along with the rest of the town. I love that MBCC focuses on
prevention and I want to be a part of this.”

Against The Tide is one-mile swim, two-mile kayak and three-mile fitness
walk to benefit the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC). This
fun and inspirational program brings swimmers, kayakers and walkers of
all ages and abilities together with MBCC in efforts to stop the breast
cancer epidemic.

Participants commit to raising a minimum contribution of $150, which
must be donated on the day of the event, in order to participate in the
festivities. Participants may enroll in as many events as they would
like. All participants will be welcomed on the morning of the event with
an Against The Tide T shirt and a free continental breakfast. All funds
raised go directly to breast cancer prevention through the advocacy work
of MBCC and research initiatives of its sister environmental
organization, Silent Spring Institute. Registration materials, sponsor
information, and fundraising ideas can be found at
www.mbcc.org/swim
.

“Against the Tide is not a big, corporate show, but an event that
celebrates families and individuals of all ages and abilities coming
together to truly end this epidemic,” says Executive Director Deborah
Shields; “It is empowering and uplifting to know that we are
contributing towards a healthier future; one in which our mothers,
daughters, and friends will not have to fear that they will be the one
in seven diagnosed with breast cancer.”

Breast cancer now strikes more women in the world than any other type of
cancer. In the past 50 years, the lifetime risk of breast cancer has
nearly tripled in the United States. In the 1940’s, a woman’s lifetime
risk of breast cancer was 1 in 22. In the year 2002, the risk was 1 in 8
and is presently 1 in 7. The increasing prevalence reinforces the
necessity to reverse the trend and prevent breast cancer from occurring
in the first place.

The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is a nonprofit organization
committed to stopping the breast cancer epidemic in Massachusetts
through activism, advocacy, research and education. Founded in 1991, the
focus of MBCC is to find the causes of breast cancer and seek real
prevention against this devastating disease.

For more information call 617-376-MBCC or visit
www.mbcc.org .
Donations may be sent to the following address:
Against the Tide c/o MBCC
1419 Hancock Street, Suite 202
Quincy, MA 02169.

Entwistle Trial

Opening Remarks, First Witnesses Called

June 6, 2008
— Opening remarks in the murder trial of Neil Entwistle, accused of
killing his wife and infant daughter in Hopkinton in January, 2006,
began today at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.

Prosecutor Michael Fabbri introduced a timeline of events leading up to
the discovery of the bodies of Rachel, 27, and Lillian Rise, 9 months,
the relevant events afterward, and factual points of the case. Rachel's
mother testified that Rachel's stepfather,
Joseph Matterazzo's kept locked guns in their bedroom of their Carver,
MA home. The keys were kept on a counter in the kitchen.

Defense attorney Eliot Weinstein presented a short opening that
presented a case for a loving family, but did not present an argument
for a different suspect, as many pundits had expected.

Upon cross-examination of Mrs. Matterazzo, Defense attorney Stephanie
Page painted a picture of a loving couple who were popular and had an
abundance of friends. In fact, the majority of her questions built the
argument of a typical, happy couple.

The trial was adjourned at about 4:00 p.m. today, and will resume
Monday, June 9, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.

Many of the facts brought out by attorneys today were articulated in a
piece in 2006
by
Robert Falcione.

Photos in
this piece from Press Pool video.

Dr. Duffy Disagrees with
Town Counsel's Opinion

Editor:

I have serious
concerns regarding Town Counsel's opinion regarding the DPW. Last year I
expressed concern to Ann Click
regarding a notation in an Appendix to the Charter which designates the
Town Manager as the appointing authority for The DPW director. The
appendix was added to the Charter itself to summarize what is in the
Charter. The DPW is not mentioned in the Charter.

I cannot agree
that an item in the Appendix sets forth a whole cascade of logic (see
Town Counsel's opinion) which contradicts the legislation created as a
result of a vote of the Town. To conclude that there is legal
justification for Town Manager to supervise the DPW and appoint its
director is a huge stretch and creates significant conflicts which will
soon become apparent.

Dr. John Duffy

175 Hayden Rowe
Street

June 6, 2008

Note: Dr. Duffy is Chairman
of the Board of Assessors, an elected position.

Paperwork Night will
be Tuesday, June 17, from 6pm to 8pm at the AshlandMiddle School. You must have all of
your child's paperwork in before they can participate in any practice.
Practice will begin on Monday, August 4th, at
StonePark in Ashland. There are NO EXCEPTIONS.

Paperwork needed is:

* A Signed Medical
Release

* A Report Card
(complete copy, all pages, front and back)*if repot cards are not
issued, they must be brought to the first practice.

* An ORIGINAL Birth
Certificate (only if the child did not participate in the 2007 Season)

* A Copy of the
child's Birth Certificate (whether they played before or not)

* The Parents/Players
Code of Conduct

* A Physical (has to
be dated 2008) if the child does not have a scheduled physical the
parent may get a letter from the child's physician.

Opening Statements In Case Of Commonwealth vs. Entwistle To
Begin June 6, 2008

WOBURN – June 5,
2008 — Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today
that opening
statements in the case of Commonwealth vs. Neil Entwistle will
begin tomorrow, June 6, at
approximately 9:30 a.m.

The trial will be held in courtroom 430 in Middlesex Superior
Court, 200 Tradecenter, Woburn.

Neil Entwistle, age 29,
formerly of Hopkinton, is charged with two counts of murder and related
gun charges in connection with the January 2006 homicides of his wife,
Rachel Entwistle, age 27, and their 9-month-old daughter, Lillian, in
their Hopkinton home.

On the evening of
Saturday, January 21, 2006, friends of the
Entwistle family arrived at the 6 Cubs Path residence in Hopkinton for
an informal social gathering. Upon arrival at the home, the friends
found the home locked, and it did not appear that anyone was there. At
the same time, Rachel Entwistle’s mother had grown concerned after not
having been able to reach her daughter all day. She contacted the
Hopkinton Police Department and reported that she had not been able to
contact her daughter by telephone, and that friends of her daughter had
called her upon arriving at the Entwistle home to find no one was
apparently home.
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Town Hall Notebook

All's Well That
Ends Well

Town
Manager sends letter to Governor to propose Special Act

June 5, 2008
— In an effort to correct a scheduling snafu that has basically voided
the Hopkinton May 6, 2008 Special Town Meeting — the meeting was
advertised for 13 rather than 14 days — Town Manager Anthony Troiano
(File photo) has petitioned Governor Deval Patrick, seeking his
authority to recommend to the General Court a Special Act that would
ratify the actions of the Special Town Meeting. At the Selectmen's
Tuesday meeting, Town Counsel Counsel Ray Miyares had suggested to do
just that as one of three options.

The option he preferred was to simply hold another Special Town Meeting
and revote the 11 Articles. However, the Selectmen were unsure if that
would fit into the time constraints for this fiscal year, which ends
June 30, 2008. One of the Articles is a money Article that would
transfer money from one DPW account into an asphalt account. That needs
to be done before the new fiscal year, according to the Mr. Troiano.

To read the letter to the Governor, the wording of the petition, and the
Articles as they were voted by the 838 Town Meeting participants,
click here.

Town Manager's Authority

On June 2, 2008, Town Manager Anthony Troiano received a written
opinion from Town Counsel Ray Miyares that declared that Mr. Troiano
held the authority over the hiring of the DPW Director, a position
currently held by J. T. Gaucher.

The DPW was created by Chapter 375 of the Acts of 1998, and authority
over it given to the Board of Selectmen.

However, in 2006 the DPW was reorganized to place the authority of of
supervising and controlling the DPW under a new, Board of Public Works.
Chairman of the BPW Dan McIntyre (File photo), and former Selectmen
Chair Muriel Kramer, butted heads over her pet issue of increasing sewer
capacity in Hopkinton by plugging the holes in the system (Input and
Infiltration, commonly known as I & I). However, Mr. McIntyre argued it
was not her purview on more than one occasion.

According to the opinion of Counsel Miyares, the 2006 Act establishing
the three-member BPW is trumped by the Town Charter. He states, quoting
chapter and verse, that anything addressing changes to authority vested
in the Charter must be done by changes to that document, and not by a
Special Act.

*The Board of Health and Planning Board are elected positions with terms
until the May 2009 election. For these positions, please submit letters
of interest by Friday, June 13 at 4:30 p.m.

Naughty Pine

June 5, 2008
— S&K LLC (Log and Land Clearing) of Sterling dropped this 70' tall pine
tree a few short feet from the Lake Maspenock Dam this afternoon as a
part of the land clearing project to keep trees and roots from growing
near the dam and contributing to possible damage to the structure.

Slow Poke

June 5, 2008
— This beauty was spotted in the grass on the side of the road in
Hopkinton at the State Park this week.

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June 5, 2008
— An S&K worker is dwarfed by his skidder, which he used to help pull a
stubborn pine tree down beside the dam Thursday.

"Oh, right. Colella's is open
on Sundays!

Remember to call Sauce on Main first to reserve for
dinner!

ESL Presents Two Encore Performances of
its USO Tribute Show

June 5, 2008 — Due to popular demand,
ESL will presenting encore performances of its USO Tribute Show on June
13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Senior Center. This show of
lively music and dancing recreates a USO Show and features the likes of
Bob Hope, The Andrew Sisters, W.C. Fields and May West. Participants
will once again have the opportunity to travel back in time to enjoy
classics songs such as I”ll Be Seeing You” and “Don’t Sit Under the
Appletree” and then boogie down with the 15-piece swing band following
the show.

Tickets are $15 for
adults and $10 for seniors and students. A portion of the proceeds for
the USO Tribute Show will go to the Hopkinton Senior Center Scholarship
fund. The Hopkinton Senior Center is located at 28 Mayhew Street in
Hopkinton.

Enter Stage Left
Theater, Inc. is a non-profit, performing arts center in Hopkinton
offering theater education, training and performances for students of
all ages. For more information call 508-435-2114 or visit
www.enterstagelefttheater.com

"Oh right. Colella's is open
on Sundays!

Remember to call Sauce on Main first to reserve for
dinner!

An
Old-fashioned Day at EMC Park

June 5, 2008 —
Come on down to an old-fashioned "Day at EMC Park" on June 7, 2008 from
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The radio station WROR (105.7 FM) street team
and the Stonyfield Yogurt truck will be there handing out free samples
and playing music while Hopkinton Little League games are being played.
So grab the kids, grab some lunch at the doghouse and just come on by!
(Please note: Parking may be limited so you may have to park at the
High School and walk over.)

(Boston,
MA) - June 5, 2008 — The Senate on Wednesday took final action on
legislation that will help municipalities and developers fund necessary
public infrastructure projects, including work on streets, sidewalks,
water and sewer lines, and street lights, which are all essential to
successful economic development.

Both the Senate and the House agreed to final terms of the
Infrastructure Investment Incentive legislation, or "I-Cubed" bill,
which makes significant changes to the original law passed in 2006,
including increased community funding and revenue safeguards. I-Cubed is
expected to create thousands of jobs for the Commonwealth.

"This vote helps to bring this important tool closer to reality. I-Cubed
will assist communities in providing the public infrastructure we need
to support carefully planned growth and economic development in the
MetroWest," stated Senator Karen Spilka (D-Ashland).

Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) said the bill will benefit
communities across Massachusetts in the form of fiscally-prudent
investments for economic development.

"I'm proud of the work the Senate and the House did on this bill,"
President Murray said. "It will promote public and private partnerships
that are essential to the construction of new real estate projects,
including housing, retail and mixed-use developments."

The legislation includes built-in safeguards to protect the Commonwealth
from any loss of revenue, and ensures that laws relating to the
classification of employees, health insurance, workers compensation and
unemployment insurance are adhered to by developers.

The bill allows Massachusetts to invest in infrastructure projects by
issuing up to $250 million in bonds - $50 million more than the original
law. This change makes I-Cubed funding more widely available to eligible
economically-distressed areas.

The legislation also eliminates the five-project cap and a sunset date
instituted by the original law, thereby making I-Cubed funding an option
for more projects in more communities.

How I-Cubed works:

* Through the sale of bonds, the state provides the initial capital
money to build the project.

* Once a project is approved, the parties (the state, the municipality,
and the developer) enter into an agreement that lays out the
requirements for special real estate tax assessments and payment of the
debt service.

* Project developers are then responsible for the debt service payments.
Once the project is up and running, the debt service payments are made
through the new revenues generated by the project.

* Bonds are repaid by the tax assessments on development parcels that
benefit from the infrastructure improvements.

* This entire concept is dependent upon agreements between the
municipality, the developer and the Commonwealth. Studies are conducted
to find out how much new revenue a project is expected to generate, and
the amount of debt service paid on the bonds is calculated to ensure
that all outstanding debts are covered by the new project.

The bill will now go to the Governor's desk for his anticipated
signature.

WANTED BY THE WINCHENDON POLICE DEPARTMENT

In the early morning hours of August 30, 2007 BRESNAHAN entered into the
home of an elderly woman in the town of Winchendon. Armed with a knife,
BRESNAHAN held the elderly woman against her will for over two hours
while he assaulted her. Warrant Number 0770CR000614 was issued out of
Winchendon
District
Court to the Winchendon Police Department for the immediate arrest of
BRESNAHAN.

BRESNAHAN’S PROFILE HAS BEEN FEATURED ON AMERICAS MOST WANTED
Massachusetts State Police: Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section
1-800-KAPTURE (1-800-527-8873)
“HE ESCAPES WHO IS NOT PURSUED” - SOPHOCLES

Dawn E. Armstrong

November 3, 1970 - June 2, 2008
Dawn E. (Gilroy) Armstrong 37 of
Upton, formerly of Ashland passed away June 2nd in Upton. She was the
wife of Dennis Armstrong. Born in Framingham she was the daughter of
George and Gail (Grono) Gilroy of Ashland. She was a graduate of Ashland
High School Class of 1988 and worked with the McIntyre Loam and
Landscaping Co. in Hopkinton at the time of her death.

Besides her husband and parents she is
survived by one brother: George Gilroy of Natick and one sister: Alison
DeBoer and her husband Gregg of Hopkinton. Three nieces: Kelsey and
Rachael Armstrong and Hannah DeBoer. One nephew: Nathan DeBoer.
Arrangements complete.

Thank You to Participants

The Veteran’s
Celebration Committee would like to thank the participants of
Hopkinton’s Memorial Day celebration held Monday. May 26th.

The time and dedication of many contributed to the success of this
important event and is greatly appreciated. Many townspeople expressed
gratitude and support for the efforts of the town to recognize the
ultimate sacrifice that our service men and women have made over the
history of our country.

Hopkinton Youth Launch "Sticker Shock"
Campaign

Teens play active role to reduce youth
access to alcohol

June
4, 2008 — The beFREE! Project launched a Graduation Sticker Shock
campaign at three retail stores in Hopkinton. The sticker project is a
cooperative effort with MADD Massachusetts to discourage adults and
older peers (those who are 21 and over) from providing alcohol to
minors. This campaign was timed to coincide with next week’s high school
graduation, encouraging safe celebrations.
The campaign consisted of teams of youth, accompanied
by adult chaperones, placing stickers on multi-packs of beer, wine
coolers and other alcoholic products that appeal to underage drinkers.
The stickers read, “Hey You!! It is ILLEGAL to provide alcohol for
people under 21!” The students began the sticker shock project at
Hopkinton Wine & Spirits and Star Package, and finished up at Colella’s
Supermarket. (photo caption: Adult chaperone
Lisa Linares assists HHS students Tia Mastrogianis and Joanna Schell
with sticker placement)
“Limiting youth access to alcohol is a proven effective
strategy to reduce underage drinking,” said Barbara Harrington, MADD
Massachusetts Executive Director. “We already have the right drinking
age. We just need to support it at home and in our communities. And we
need to enforce 21 by reminding adults to obey the law.”
Preventing underage drinking is everyone’s
responsibility; including parents, teens, public health agencies, law
enforcement and retail establishments. More must be done to address this
problem. “Activities such as Sticker Shock help reduce youth access to
alcohol and also show that teens can be the driving force behind this
movement, says Bonnie Lai, MADD Youth Coordinator. That is what MADD
Youth in Action is about.”
Founded in 1980, MADD’s mission is to stop drunk
driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage
drinking. The MADD Youth in Action program partners youth and adults to
work on community-based projects aimed at reducing access of alcohol to
underage youth. Young people are very much an integral part of the
mission and MADD has successfully become a powerful force in the
prevention of underage drinking. To find out more about MADD and Youth
in Action, please call 800-633-6233 or visit
www.madd.org.

Consider these facts supporting the 21 minimum drinking age:

1.It is estimated that the enforcement of the
21 minimum drinking age has saved more than 21,000 lives – nearly 1,000
lives saved per year. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).

2. Traffic crashes are the number one killer of teens and over
one-third of teen traffic deaths are alcohol-related. (National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration).

3. People who begin drinking before age 14 are seven times more
likely than those who began drinking after age 21 to report being in a
motor vehicle crash because of their drinking. (National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration).

4. High school students who use alcohol or other substances are
five times more likely than other students to drop out of school or to
believe that earning good grades is not important. (National Institute
on Drug Abuse). Contributed.

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Local women's business group awards two Hopkinton
graduating senior girls $1,000.00 each

June 4, 2008 — Local women's business group awards two Hopkinton
High School graduating senior girls $1,000.00 each, toward their
pursuit of higher education business degree.

Both Michelle Natale and Corinne Ellis submitted solid and detailed
essays describing their future plans to pursue business degrees as
well as prior accomplishments that demonstrated leadership within
their class at Hopkinton High.

In Hopkinton By Women (IHBW) is a non-profit
organization of professional local women business. Meetings
are held monthly (Sept. - June) to provide referral networking,
interactive discussions and professional enrichment programs. The
Fall '08 season brings exciting changes to IHBW as we have merged
with Holliston Enterprising Women (HEW) to create a new organization
called Network of Enterprising Women (NEW).

Please contact Pat Kuehne @ 508-864-9947 or Noelle
Hoyt @ 508-625-1056 of IHBW for further information. IHBW also wishes to congratulate the entire 2008
graduating class of Hopkinton High School!

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Ball Drop

Check out video above
of ball drop taken by Alex Cohan, 10.

The grand
prize winner of $1000 was Anand Singla of Hopkinton. Anand's ball
was the lone ball that landed in the cup.

The consolation prize of $100 for the ball that landed the farthest
away (86' 4") from the hole was Christina Mastrogianis of Hopkinton.

Horses on Beach
is a "Nay, Nay"

Editor,

While the
photo of the two young women and their equine partners (June 2,
2008) sets a pastoral scene, horseback riders
should be reminded that their mounts are not permitted on the
public beach areas or within swimming areas of State Parks, for
obvious public health and safety reasons. The activity
demonstrated in the photo is a definite "Nay, Nay"!

Thank you

Jeff Cate,
Recreation Facilities Supervisor IV

Hopkinton
State Park

71 Cedar
Street

Hopkinton,
MA 01748

508
435-4303

Selectmen's Meeting

E. L. Harvey
and Sons Gets Trash Contract

May 6 Special Town Meeting Vote Fails AG
Muster

by Robert
Falcione

June 3, 2008
— Surprising most people watching, the Selectmen invited Town Clerk Ann
Click, who dropped the bombshell that the
Special Town Meeting held on May 6, 2008 did not pass muster with
the Attorney General's Office, because the meeting was posted a day
late. Toward the end of Tuesday's meeting, Mrs. Click took
responsibility for "this error" and apologized to the town.

Town Counsel Ray Miyares was on hand to offer three possible remedies.

The first option was to "Petition the General Court to ratify what went
on at [Special] Town Meeting. You have to call a Special Town Meeting to
petition," he said.

"It would be faster to simply call a Special Town Meeting and revote the
Articles. That seems to be the option we want to pursue," he said.

"The third would be to seek an Emergency Special Act that can only be
proposed by the Governor," he said. Counsel Miyares said the legislature
would then need to vote and approve it by a 2/3 majority.

The urgency to schedule the meeting is because a $42,000 Article must be
voted validly during FY '08, which ends on June 30, 2008.

The Selectmen voted to open the Warrant and to schedule the Special Town
Meeting on June 30, 2008. However, it was déjà vu
all over again, when, after some simple math, the
Selectmen concluded that the necessary advertising and waiting period
may not fit into the time constraints. They questioned whether the days
are counted as business days or regular days. Counsel Miyares had left
before this conversation was held, and was not available by telephone to
answer the question.

One Selectman suggested rescinding this evening's vote, but that idea
was dismissed in favor of the concurrent efforts to reach the Governor,
and to schedule a new meeting.

Trash &
Recyclables Hauling

E. L. Harvey and
Sons, Inc. of Westborough has been chosen as Hopkinton's curbside
solid waste and recycling company by Town Manager Anthony Troiano, who
gave kudos for helping in the process to Selectman Matthew Zettek. Mr.
Troiano said the contract will be signed Friday, and that there will be
a three week transition period when information will be posted on
HopNews and the Town's website to help people understand the new
methods. (File photo of ELH Treasurer, Jim Harvey).

For instance, the recycling will be bi-weekly, rather than weekly.
One-half of the town will be done one week, and the other half the next.

Mr. Zettek cautioned that it is important to get material out at the
curb before 7:00 a.m., because
people
who are used to the current vendor could be late for the new one.

Residents may use other types of recycling containers, in addition to
the typical green baskets, Mr. Zettek said. He also said that the DPW
will be ordering bumper-type of stickers for people to put on their own
barrels.

In a telephone interview on Monday, before the winning company was made
public, Mr. Troiano said that the town put out an invitation for
proposals, and that the process was exempt from the Chapter
30B bidding process.

Mr. Troiano said the new contract, before considering recycling, will
save the town between $50,000 and $70,000.

In other E. L. Harvey news, it appears the appeals for their Hopkinton C
& D (Construction and Demolition debris) facility and MRRF (Materials
Recycling an Recovery Facility) facility are over, and the former
Hopkinton landfill is capped.

The process of building the Hopkinton facility was put on hold in 2006,
while the then current Westborough operation had to be upgraded by
constructing buildings to put the existing processes indoors.

"The state told us we had to stop work
outside," Mr. Harvey said at an October 25, 2006
Selectmen's meeting.

"We had to make a decision. We'd rather be
spending the $6 million in Hopkinton," he said.

According to statements by now former Selectman
Ron Clark at the time, when the Harvey Hopkinton
facility is running for ten years, it will be
paying the town $600,000 in "tipping fees."

June 3, 2008
— The children above, all winners, took part in the Boston Marathon Art
and Design contest sponsored by the Hopkinton Athletic Association and
organized by Susie Johnson. Students from Hopkinton and Ashland, K-12,
were eligible to take part.

June 3, 2008
— Cotton candy was food group number one as kids ran around Field
#10 on the Loop Road awaiting with anticipation the Remax Balloon for
rides, and 1,000 golf balls being dropped. However, wind gusts grounded
the balloon, and the backup plan, a crane donated by Consigli Corp of
Milford, along with a volunteer operator, was implemented.

Participants paid $10 per ball, and less with a volume purchase, brining
in $7,500 to the cause. The ball closest to the hole won $1,000.

Fire Away!

June 3, 2008
— The Remax balloon was grounded, but that didn't stop the balloonist
from climbing into his basket and showing off what powers his rig at
Field #10 on Tuesday, while the crowd awaited the Ball Drop from the
Consigli crane.

Scroll down for our weekly real estate transactions.

Now ould be a really good time to buy before prices start to climb.

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WJ Deutsch & Sons Ltd. Awards Scholarship

June 3, 2008 —
Caitlin Shea of 25 Thayer Heights Road in Hopkinton is a winner in the
the WJ Deutsch & Sons Ltd Scholarship Program. The program is sponsored
by WJ Deutsch & Sons Ltd. Caitlin is the child of WJ Deutsch & Sons
employee, Kevin F. Shea. Caitlin attended Hopkinton High School and is
majoring in Musical Theater at The Catholic University of America.

The following is a
partial list of Caitlin's school and community activities: National
Honor Society, Drama Club, Philosophy Club and March of Dimes Volunteer.
W.J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd. (Deutsch) established the W.J. Deutsch & Sons,
Ltd. Scholarship Program to reward the academic excellence of children
of their employees. Deutsch is an importer of wines, champagnes and
spirits. They have 170 total employees. Recipients are selected by
Career Opportunities Through Education, Inc. (Cote), a non-profit
scholarship service organization headquartered in Cherry Hill, New
Jersey. The selection criteria includes; academic performance, school
and community activities, work experience, and a recommendation.

5:00 pm A reporting party reported
two older teens smoking Marijuana in the woods off of Hayden Rowe Street...

1:21 pm A caller reported that a man
walked out of the woods behind her house on Priscilla Road after her dog barked. The
caller stated that he may have been watching girls swimming...

All a Blur

June 3, 2008
—Panning the camera with a fast moving object and a relatively slow
shutter speed can throw the background into a blur, as happened with
this off-road vehicle yesterday at the Hopkinton Reservoir Dam.

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Victory
Dance

June 2, 2008
— This great blue heron is not dancing, but getting up some speed after
jumping into the water to grab a fish with its beak on the Hopkinton
Reservoir this afternoon. The surface was very busy with fish feeding on
bugs on the calm surface at sundown.

ICE CREAM WINDOW open at
"The SPOON" until 9:00 p.m.

Ciao Time has exciting new specials EVERY DAY!

Time for a
Drink

June 2, 2008
— Tegan Henderson, left, and Daryl-Anne Kusmak brought their horses into
the Main Beach at Hopkinton State Park for some cooling off and a drink
late in the day.

Gas Leak

June 2, 2008
— Firefighters and NSTAR were quick to respond to a home on Wood Street
where a person digging a post hole ruptured a gas line to the home.

Dorothy
R. Colella, 89

Dorothy R. Colella, 89,
died Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham
after a period of declining health. Born in Newton, she was the daughter
of the late Frederick P. and Rose (Pelletier) Howland. She was the wife
of the late Angelo L. Colella who died in 2005.

A 1936 graduate of Hopkinton High School, she retired as a cafeteria
worker for the Hopkinton School system.

She is survived by her sons, Robert L. Colella and his wife Suzanne, and
Thomas J. Colella and his wife Wendy all of Hopkinton, 1 sister
Marguerite Wood of Milford, 5 grandchildren, Teresa, Susan, Kristen and
Brian Colella, and Jeffrey Tomaso, 3 great grandchildren Samantha,
Michael and Malichias. She is predeceased by a son, Michael A. Colella,
3 brothers Frederick, Robert and William Howland and 1 sister, Rose
Berquist. ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE

William J. Surette, 80

William
J. Surette, 80, died Monday, June 2, 2008, at home. He was
the husband of Marianna (Smith) Surette, to whom he was married for 47
years. Born in Waltham, he was the son of the late William M. and
Frances (Doucette) Surette.

He was a 1947 graduate of Hopkinton High School and a 1956 graduate of
Villanova University. He was employed as an administrator at various
computer companies in the area. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children William J. Jr.
of Millis and Arlene Surette and her husband Richard Roberts of Milford.
He also leaves grandchildren Richard and Jenna Roberts of Milford and
his sisters Rosemary Amerault of Tyngsboro and Lorraine Tetter of
Ashland. He is pre-deceased by his brother James.ARRANGEMENTS
COMPLETE

Snake
Charmer

June 2, 2008
— Nine year-old Sarah Pearson had no trouble handling this snake at the
LMPA Family Fun Day at Sandy Beach on Sunday.